On the evening of October 21, the internationally renowned sports IP-ONE Championship held the ONE 162 large-scale fighting event at the Axiata Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
China's Zhang Peimian lost five rounds to kickboxing star Jonathan Dibella in the high-profile headline main event, the strawweight kickboxing world championship.
From the mountain village boy to the kick boxing world championship fight, Zhang Peimian swept enough sweat of youth to be able to fight with the strongest kick boxing player to the fifth round, which has proved his strength.
Zhang Peimian has just passed his 19th birthday, and there is still a long road ahead for him.
I believe that after further adjustment and hard training, a stronger "battle chicken" will return.
growing up
The mountain village teenager who grows sugar cane only believes in hard work
Zhang Peimian is another Chinese player who has attacked the ONE Championship kickboxing world championship after Zhang Chenglong, Wang Junguang, Wang Wenfeng and others.
But if it wasn't for fighting, Zhang Peimian's life might be farming and raising pigs, or going to work in a foreign country.
In October 2003, Zhang Peimian was born in an ordinary farmhouse in Guashan Village, Shikang Town, Hepu County, Guangxi. In his spare time, he fed pigs, collected beans and planted sugar cane.
The ordinary fate of the peasant boy was changed by Liu Jiapan, a Chinese teacher. This rural teacher who served in the army after graduating from a normal university enriched the children's life with "savage" fighting and boxing, in addition to inspiring and educating people. After school time.
There is no boxing gym in the village, so Liu Jiapan circled an open space on the concrete floor, hoisted sandbags, and taught the village children to practice boxing.
In the face of hobbies and opportunities, Zhang Peimian ran out of the "acceleration" to realize his dream.
At the age of 12, Zhang Peimian joined Liu Jiapan's training team and became the hardest child.
A year later, on the Beihai arena, Zhang Peimian, who is only 1.5 meters tall, faced a taller opponent and completed a KO in 58 seconds.
Under the arrangement of the coach and the encouragement of his family, Zhang Peimian, who had just entered junior high school, went to Shenzhen alone to start a more professional fighting training.
Soon, in a large domestic boxing championship, 14-year-old Zhang Peimian faced his 20-year-old adult opponent and achieved KO again, and the title of "strongest middle school student" spread like wildfire.
Zhang Peimian’s sweat is condensed in every step of his growth. He does not believe in talent, but only in hard work. The confidence comes from the experience of life.”
Outlook
Looking forward to the return of a stronger "fighting chicken" upgrade
"Fighting Chicken" is Zhang Peimian's favorite nickname, and his fighting style is indeed like a cockfight, vigorous, courageous and tireless.
In 2021, Zhang Peimian passed the ONE Championship "Sa!
"Full force" program, won the four-player championship, and thus won the signing contract in the international arena.
In his ONE international debut, Zhang Peimian, with 4 knockouts, made a strong TKO of Josh Toner, the former ISKA world champion and the fifth-ranked strawweight kickboxer at the time.
In the second battle, Zhang Peimian unanimously decided to defeat Aslanbek Chiklev, who was ranked second in strawweight kickboxing at the time, and qualified for the world championship.
Before that match, Zhang Peimian had a cold and fever and was weak, but when he stood on the fighting field, he burst out with strong fighting spirit.
On October 21st, facing Dibela, who was born in a "fighting family", started kickboxing training at the age of two, and won 10 games in the professional arena, Zhang Peimian, who is not in the advantage of height and has a disadvantage in experience, played a Chinese role. The young people's unique fighting spirit and high spirits have achieved certain advantages in the first four rounds.
It is a pity that in the last round, Zhang Peimian, who was eager to win, was kicked down by Dibella once and fell behind in the final scoring session.
The 19-year-old Zhang Peimian is a strong man in life. He can go from the mountain village to the arena of the world champion because of his "cockfighting spirit" that will never back down and be indomitable.
Today, Zhang Peimian's punching power has been fully recognized in the industry, and he has also defeated many world famous players.
What Zhang Peimian needs to do is to go back and continue to practice hard, enrich his tactical play, and make a comeback after completing the "upgrade".
Sun Haiguang, chief reporter of the Beijing News
Editor Wang Chunqiu
Proofreading Zhao Lin
Beijing News